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  • How the American Dream Is Depicted in the Great Gatsby

    How the American Dream Is Depicted in the Great Gatsby

    The American Dream has been around for many years. This has been the goal for many Americas, as well as immigrants throughout the world. The whole point of the American Dream was to achieve wealth, love, happiness, and power. In order to achieve the American Dream I was through hard work and determination. The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald was made during the 1920, which was a period where there was corruption and crime. The

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    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Artur
  • The Great Gatsby" Chapter 9 Summary

    The Great Gatsby" Chapter 9 Summary

    Writing two years after Gatsby’s death, Nick describes the events that surrounded the funeral. Swarms of reporters, journalists, and gossipmongers descend on the mansion in the aftermath of the murder. Wild, untrue stories, more exaggerated than the rumors about Gatsby when he was throwing his parties, circulate about the nature of Gatsby’s relationship to Myrtle and Wilson. Feeling that Gatsby would not want to go through a funeral alone, Nick tries to hold a large

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Fatih
  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    In Jack Clayton’s film adaptation of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the director uses several visual techniques to emphasize and heighten the illusion of the American dream. These visual techniques include: Framing, color, lighting & space. The most interesting type of framing repeated al throughout the film is the use of mirrors in trapping the characters in their surreal reflection. The director used this technique in more than one scenes, nevertheless this

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: Max
  • Great Gatsby

    Great Gatsby

    Upon The Minds of Men As we read “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scot Fitzgerald we can undoubtedly noticed the criticisms he has made towards wealth and the American dream. He has made us wonder and speculate whether or not the pursuit of wealth is entirely a noble aspect of life and that we should consider our values before we submerses our self in the waters of greed. As strange as it may seem, Fitzgerald

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    Submitted: November 9, 2009 By: David
  • Ramses the Great

    Ramses the Great

    He was still a young boy when his father became pharaoh. His father loaded him with tales of war and exposed him into the battlefield at a very young age. Their greatest aspiration was to reclaim the land lost to the Hittites and to build gigantic statues to their own godliness in the style of great kings of earlier dynasties. He stood five feet eight inches in height, had a strong jaw, a beaked nose,

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Great Depression

    Great Depression

    Great Depression The Great Depression was the worst economic decline ever in U.S. history. It began in late 1929 and lasted about a decade. Throughout the 1920’s, many factors played a role in bringing about the depression; the main causes were the unequal distribution of wealth and extensive stock market speculation. Money was distributed unequally between the rich and the middle-class, between industry and agriculture within the United States, and between the U.S. and Europe.

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Steve
  • The Great Gatsby Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is deemed to be a true classic that will never be forgotten. The Novel is a timeless masterpiece that any era throughout history can relate to. “Though written in the 1920’s The Great Gatsby stands as... one of the masterpieces of the twentieth century American literature .” The book has “transcended its own age and turned into a timeless classic.” The novel may have been written to

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Daisy’s Character in the Great Gatsby

    Daisy’s Character in the Great Gatsby

    Perhaps the most important fiction work of the decade, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is an account of the self-absorbtion of the rich in the 1920's. Daisy Buchanan, the object of the title character's desire, is the most significant woman in the novel. Daisy resembles most of Fitzgerald's other female characters in her situation, personality and actions. The characteristics of Daisy and her social status are similar to those of the typical Fitzgerald

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    Essay Length: 278 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Jessica
  • The Great Feat of Managing Stress

    The Great Feat of Managing Stress

    The Great Feat of Managing Stress Stress is a commonplace in every human’s life. It is inevitable that people encounter stress; the question lies in how they will cope with it. This paper offers information and self-help strategies concerning the stress response. The Great Feat of Managing Stress What Is Stress? Stress. For some, just reading the word makes their muscles tense. What exactly is it that makes brains tell bodies to react this way?

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mikki
  • The Argument of Greatness

    The Argument of Greatness

    One of the greatest difficulties that historians and people in general face is the question of what to believe and what not to believe about the things and people of the past. This can clearly be seen in the case of Alexander the Great. This is a hot topic because depending on the sources that you are using and the people involved there are two very different arguments that usually surrounds the historic figure of

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Wendy
  • The Great Pyramid of Giza

    The Great Pyramid of Giza

    The Great Pyramid of Giza The Great Pyramid on the Giza plateau in Egypt, has been the object of scientific and archaeological study for over two hundred years. In this modem era of discovery, it is the last of the seven ancient wonders of the world, and the only one remaining. The Great Pyramid is singled out from all other pyramids. It is the oldest, and by the superior construction techniques over all the other

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Edward
  • The Four Great Revolutions

    The Four Great Revolutions

    Reasons for revolution 1) People feel restless and held down by unacceptable restrictions in society, religion, the economy or the government. People are also hopeful about the future, but they are being forced to accept less than they had hoped for. E: The English population was prominently Protestant in religion and wanted to protect their religion, contrary to King James strong catholic beliefs that he was forcing upon the them. The people had also come

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    Since the beginning of the industrial revolution in the early nineteenth century the United States had experienced recessions or panics at least every twenty years. But none were as severe or lasted as long as the Great Depression. Only as the country got ready for war in the late 1930s did the depression finally start to ease. Stock prices had been rising steadily since 1921, but in 1928 and 1929 they surged forward, with the

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Symbolism in the Great Gatsby

    Symbolism in the Great Gatsby

    Symbolism in The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, uses symbolism throughout the novel to create the characters and events of the post World War I period. Colors are one way symbolism was used to develop the characters’ personalities and set up events. This is shown by colors like the green at the end of Daisy Buchannan’s dock, the color of Jay Gatsby’s car and how Myrtle and Jordan surrounded themselves

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Bred
  • The Great Influential, Daniel Louis Armstrong

    The Great Influential, Daniel Louis Armstrong

    “In my opinion, Louis Armstrong is the greatest trumpet stylist of all time and has influenced every trumpet player of his time and long after” (Al Hirt). Many people have said, still say and will say that he was a musician who played to please his audience, to better musicians around him, and to better the view of jazz music and to make jazz music a popular outlet during the 1920s. Armstrong’s disciple Nicholas Payton

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Bred
  • The Great Gatsby Comparison Between Book and the Movie G

    The Great Gatsby Comparison Between Book and the Movie G

    The Great Gatsby Comparison Paper The similarities and the differences between the book The Great Gatsby and the movie G are many in both accounts. The book The Great Gatsby was written and set in the 1920's with all caucasion characters, and the proper talk and everyday life of the 20's. The movie G is much different in this aspect because the writter's and the director of the film decided to modernize the story and

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    Submitted: November 12, 2009 By: Mikki
  • The Causes and Effects of the Great Depression

    The Causes and Effects of the Great Depression

    One of the most often identified causes of the Great Depression which haunted this country during the 1930s is the stock market crash of 1929. There is no arguing that the effects of this crash were devastating to both the economics and the morale of the American people. The stock market had fluctuated wildly during the year before the actual crash. Investors lost and gained in increments never before seen. These extreme profits and

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Vika
  • Wealth Leads to Moral Decay of Characters from the Great Gatsby

    Wealth Leads to Moral Decay of Characters from the Great Gatsby

    Wealth Leads to Moral Decay of Characters from The Great Gatsby. In the 1920’s The United States went through many changes as well did people, “Jay Gatsby, a farmer’s son turned racketeer, whose ill-gotten wealth is acquired solely to gain acceptance into the sophisticated, moneyed world of the woman he loves, Daisy Fay Buchanan” (Poupard 146). That quote showing how Jay Gatsby gained his wealth. This novel has many different types of people in it.

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Mike
  • Good to Great

    Good to Great

    As I read the book Flags of our Fathers I was immediately captivated by the heroic events that took place on Iwo Jima. This book examines the meaning of a “hero” and how war affects the human experience of sacrifice and patriotism to our country. I then began to wonder how this book relates to this course, and then I suddenly knew that the complexities of this battle, the men, and the chaos were very

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Mike
  • The Great Gatsby - Daisy and Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby - Daisy and Gatsby

    In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald explains the symbolism of the green light on Daisy's dock and why it is important to the novel. The color green is used frequently in this novel. Envy, money, and hope are several characteristics that the color green portrays. The green light on Daisy's dock represents the hopes of Jay Gatsby, the protagonist of the story. Daisy and Gatsby were acquainted with each other prior to the beginning

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Tommy
  • How Money Widens the Gap of Loneliness in the Great Gatsby

    How Money Widens the Gap of Loneliness in the Great Gatsby

    The 1920’s in the united States was a time of economic growth in which people lived frivolous lives by believing their money would make them happy. It was a time of alcoholic prohibition and a time of emancipation for women. Thus, it was a time of parties, drinking and wild women for those who could afford it. Those who were at the bottom of society were constantly striving for the top of the economic ladder.

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Monika
  • Noah and the Great Flood

    Noah and the Great Flood

    The story of Noah and the Great Flood is sometimes questioned of whether or not it really happened. Some people who take the Bible literally believe that, with the grace of God, Noah was able to accomplish this task and this event really did occur. Others, who take some of the stories from the Bible as a symbol for something else, do not believe that this really happened. They may believe that God was

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Anna
  • The Great Schism

    The Great Schism

    After the 4th century when Constantinople emerged as a great capital and church center, tensions sometimes arose between its leaders and the bishop of Rome. After the fall of Rome to Germanic invaders in 476, the Roman pope was the only guardian of Christian universalism in the West. He began more explicitly to attribute his dominance to Rome's being the burial place of Saint Peter, whom Jesus had called the "rock" on which the church

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    Submitted: November 14, 2009 By: Yan
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    The Great Depression was a huge economic downfall in North America and involved many other industrialized countries of the world. The Depression began in 1929 and lasted for about ten years. Millions of people lost their jobs along with many businesses going bankrupt. The common misconception of the Great Depression is people think that the stock market crash was the main cause for it. There were many causes for the Depression; unequal distribution of

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    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Jessica
  • The American Dream, and All Its Splendor (great Gatsby)

    The American Dream, and All Its Splendor (great Gatsby)

    The 1920s were a decade of rebirth characterised by the founding of the "American Dream" -- the belief that anyone can, and should, achieve material success. The defining writer of the 1920s was F. Scott Fitzgerald whose most famous novel, The Great Gatsby, has become required reading for present-day high school students. We study Fitzgerald's novel for the same reason we study Shakespeare. The literature composed by both authors contains themes and morals that

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    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Janna

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